amūtum

Akkadian

Etymology

Considered from a Proto-Semitic form *miʕay- (“intestine, tharm”) or closely similar to it.

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈmuː.tum/

Noun

amūtum f (plural amuwātum) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian)

1. (extispicy) liver (of a sacrificial sheep, examined by the haruspex)

   Synonym: (used in parallelism with 𒊮 (libbum)) 𒅗𒁁𒌈 (kabattum)

2. (extispicy) (liver) omen (findings on a sheep's liver)

Alternative forms

• amūtu (non-mimated)
• mūtum (hapax, CL 41, 35, col. 2 line 8)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌍 (BA₃)	𒀀𒈬𒌑𒌈 (a-mu-u₂-tum) 𒀀𒈬𒌈 (a-mu-tum) 𒀀𒈬𒌅 (a-mu-tu) 𒈬𒌑𒌈 (mu-u₂-tum)

References

• “amūtu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “amūtu(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag